Basildon Hospital New Building – Essex

Bowman Riley designed a new two-storey modular building at the front of Basildon Hospital for Noviniti, which provides a much-improved entrance and welcome facilities for patients, staff, and visitors.

Noviniti partnered with Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust to fund and develop the new main entrance, which will be funded using the income generated from the new retail facilities.

The major project overhauled the existing entrance, which had not been changed since the hospital opened in 1972, offering more facilities and a brighter welcome. The new building offers a new restaurant, a dedicated seating area, a new bereavement and PALS suite, a refurbished multi-faith room, a new administration space and shops.

Our design used bronze cladding at the front as a stand-out feature to highlight the entrance to the hospital. The remainder of the building has buff-coloured cladding, creating a soft aesthetic that blends in with the surrounding bare breeze block façade buildings surrounding the tight site.

A particular challenge was the proximity to the existing hospital building. In liaison with the structural engineers, we designed a section of the proposed development to be cantilevered at ground level over the basement of the existing building.

The building was designed from the outset to be modular, enabling it to be constructed off-site. This method reduced the time and impact of the construction work on the hospital’s operations.

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